tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-322609923986182709.post8360449205431049250..comments2024-02-25T13:30:43.855-08:00Comments on Clan of the Entangled Thicket 1734: The FoxgloveSerpentstanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05600413717140605991noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-322609923986182709.post-71236143022187141122011-05-30T01:06:14.651-07:002011-05-30T01:06:14.651-07:00Thank you Brea, more information is always gratefu...Thank you Brea, more information is always gratefully received. Mrs Grieve gives Witches' gloves as one of its synonyms, but as each trumpet is only small thimble makes much more sense. I am always interested in how these plants fare elsewhere in the world.<br />JaneSerpentstanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05600413717140605991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-322609923986182709.post-46022387232675869662011-05-29T03:33:44.268-07:002011-05-29T03:33:44.268-07:00The Scot's Herbal gives it the names Witch'...The Scot's Herbal gives it the names Witch's thimble, Scotch mercury, wild mercury, fairy woman's plant. <br />Most accounts give William Withering as the discoverer of foxglove for treating dropsy. He bought the remedy from Mrs. Hutton, a botanist and pharmacist who had been systematically studying it's effects.<br />It was one of the ingredients in a love charm, along with butterbur, seaweed, royal fern and an old man's bones. They were to be burned to ashes then sprinkled on the loved one's chest. <br />I believe that sometimes some of the Artemisias are called Old Man and Old Woman. I wonder if they could be referring to these plants and not actual bones.<br />I live in the northeast US. Zone 5. I have to cover my plants or they don't make it through the winter.<br /><br />Breabreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17561248499782449437noreply@blogger.com